Chapter 20: Contradictions intensify
Prince Yang Yong stared at Liu Jushi, showing a hesitant look, and finally shook his head and said: "It's not yet time for the fish to die and the net is broken, doing that will expose our strength in advance, and the success rate is not great, but it will trap us all in it. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
After everyone heard Yang Yong's words, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, their palms and foreheads were full of cold sweat, they had been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and they didn't dare to show such a nervous expression, and they forced themselves to be calm.
The crime of rebellion is too great, especially under the reign of His Majesty Yang Jian, as long as there is wind in the palace, whether it is true or not, the Son of Heaven will definitely be investigated and punished if he is angry.
These people are the confidants of the crown prince Yang Yong, and they have always stood firmly on Yang Yong's side, because interests and prospects have long been tied together, and it is difficult to escape the suppression of Yang Guang's faction if they withdraw, and they will be able to suffer faster if they betray the prince.
However, it is not a secret to assist the crown prince in fighting with the King of Jin, even if Emperor Wen of Sui learns about it, he will only transfer and weaken the power of the East Palace, and will not use the killer, but once the charges of forcing the palace and plotting chaos are reported, there will be no forgiveness.
So these people were a little nervous when they heard Liu Jushi's cruel words just now, the danger was too great, and if they put their own lives and the rise and fall of the family into it.
Far from it, as one of the four nobles in the early Sui Dynasty, Yu Qingze, at the beginning of the founding of the country, served as the secretary of the internal history and the Ministry of Rites, and later served as the right servant, and repeatedly experienced the twelve generals of the Guard, and made great contributions to the Turks and Pingchen, and he was very talented, but in the seventeenth year of the emperor, he was alienated by Emperor Wen because of his slander, and forced him to go to Lingnan to quell the rebellion.
After the victory of quelling the rebellion, Yu Qing inspected the mountains and rivers of Lingnan, and only said casually: "This city is dangerous, with enough food, if you can keep it, you will be able to make an effort", and was falsely accused of rebellion by his concubine adulterous brother-in-law, and was actually given death by Emperor Wen.
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally takes the blame and enters the palace to explain everything to His Majesty, will there be no hope of redemption at all? After all, the abolition of the crown prince violates the ancient etiquette system, and the discord between the Zhou rites is not the way of the heavens, even Your Majesty, you can't change the foundation of the country so arbitrarily! Li Gang comforted bitterly.
Liu Xingben, the prince's right concubine, said angrily: "That's right, King Jin is a treacherous villain, good at covering himself, dressing pretending to be frugal, pretending not to like singing, dancing and musical instruments, only knowing how to govern the country, leading soldiers and studying, and not being a good woman, but only two concubines, only with Concubine Xiao and other illusions, but the ambition of a wolf, trying to get involved in the position of Sheji!" ”
Liu Jushi also said: "Liu once sent a martial arts master to lurk in the backyard of the Jin Dynasty's mansion, and found that the Jin King Yang Guang was in a rockery in the back garden, and there was a hidden passage of the mechanism, and there were many Jiangnan people hidden in the underground palace for their lewd pleasure, and even found that a newborn baby was taken out and drowned, this Jin King Yang Guang is not a good thing, false and cunning." ”
Xiahou Fu proposed: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it is better for us to play a secret to Your Majesty and Queen Dugu, and shake out the hedonistic side behind Yang Guang, so as to slander his disguised image of a gentleman, which will be very beneficial to us." ”
Prince Yang Yong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, Xiao Wang's second brother is by no means a good type, he has the posture of a hero, the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers, and his heart is black and ruthless, even if we secretly report it, let His Majesty and the Queen Mother know, King Jin's eyeliner will be reported immediately, and when the time comes, King Jin will inevitably start quickly, either move people or kill them, and there will be no evidence left at all, so that if the complaint fails, it is easier for people to seize the opportunity to fight back, not to mention, the Queen Mother has a great prejudice against me, and she may not be able to listen to King Jin's preference." ”
Liu Jushi said coldly: "It's better for me to let some small gangs in Chang'an City secretly spread the news, so that I can also slander the image of King Jin. ”
"It's okay, this matter will be handled by Liu Qianbei." Yang Yong agreed.
Liu Jushi is more than Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, a heroic and chivalrous spirit, his father is Liu Chang, the Peng Gong of Shangzhu State, since he was a child, he was sent by his father to the mountains to find a master to practice martial arts, practice a strong martial arts, fists and feet, swordsmanship, light skills are very proficient, negative and righteous, full of courage.
A few years ago, he served as the prince Qianniu to prepare himself, which was a seven-rank official in charge of the crown prince's guard, and secretly received money from the prince, and he controlled some local gangs in Chang'an City, and also recruited a lot of outlaws to form a group of dead soldiers.
Liu Jushi did not abide by the laws of the imperial court and committed several crimes, but Emperor Wen forgave him every time because of Liu Chang. So Liu Jushi had no fear, coupled with the support of the prince behind the scenes, he became more and more arrogant and indulgent, hunted the burly and strong among the children of the ministers, took them to his own home, put the wheel around his neck, and then beat him with a stick, and the person who was almost killed and could not give in and beg for mercy was called a strong man, and he became a friend, which was regarded as a tyrant in Chang'an City!
"His Royal Highness the Prince, don't we have a way to bring down King Jin? Is it related to the fact that Queen Dugu favors one over the other, which affects His Majesty's decision? Is it possible to enlist the Queen's support and reverse her attitude? Xiao Zibao asked puzzled.
Prince Yang Yong showed a bitter smile on his face, and everyone in the world said that because His Majesty and Queen Dugu did not like the prince's temperament of luxury, lust, extravagance and waste, and many beautiful concubines, they would gradually become estranged, and even transfer the inheritance of Jiangshan Sheji to the second son, which is just a superficial view, and it is more of a false rumor.
In fact, Yang Yong knew that the contradiction between him and his father Yang Jian had been planted a long time ago, and it was irreconcilable.
At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian intended to strengthen the status of the prince, to the fifth year of the emperor, the crown prince Yang Yong was not only able to participate in the military affairs, but also the important ministers of the court worked part-time in the East Palace, and the East Palace of the Prince became the second power center.
In fact, it is precisely because Yang Yong's practice poses a certain challenge to Yang Jian's authority, in the era of imperial autocracy, the premise of maintaining imperial power is that there can only be one leadership core, and once two cores appear, there will be power struggles, even if the relationship between father and son and brother is inevitable.
Although Yang Yong may not have the intention of replacing his father at that time, it was easy to be used by the disgruntled forces in the court, and many old lords and nobles of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were dissatisfied with Yang Jian's power, and some people supported Yang Jian's change of dynasty, but they did not get the corresponding title, and they all held grudges.
Therefore, Wang Yi, Yuan Harmonic, Liang Shiyan, Liu Fang, Yu Wenxin, Lu Ben, and many descendants of the Northern Zhou royal family secretly formed an 'anti-Jian' alliance in an attempt to overthrow Emperor Wen of Sui, intentionally or unintentionally pulling the crown prince into the camp against Yang Jian, so as to create an atmosphere of attempted coup d'état. In March of the sixth year of the emperor's reign, Gao De, a native of Luoyang, actually wrote to ask Emperor Wen to abdicate and pass the throne to the crown prince.
This can provoke Yang Jian, he has only sat on the throne of the Ninety-Five for five or six years, just quelled the rebellion of Wei Chi Hui, Sima Zhen, Wang Qian and others, did not sit on the throne firmly, and did not taste the true taste of being an emperor, how to be willing to give up power? So he got rid of Wang Yi first, trying to make an example, but it didn't have an effect, but prompted the opposition camp to try to connect.
At that time, Yang Yong had been passively involved in the coup d'état planned by the opposition, Yang Jian in order to stabilize the overall situation, so that Yang Yong and other opposition forces cut off, sent Yang Yong out of the town of Luoyang, and transferred Yang Guang to return to Beijing quickly, and soon became the Yongzhou pastor, into the center, since then Yang Yong and Yang Guang, one drop and one rise, there is a situation of confrontation between the two princes and the court, behind this, there are major political reasons.